The difference between Battalion and Legion

When used as nouns, battalion means an army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters. traditionally forming part of a regiment, whereas legion means the major unit or division of the roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.

When used as verbs, battalion means to form into battalions, whereas legion means to form into legions.

Legion is also adjective with the meaning: numerous.

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  1. Battalion as a noun (military):

    An army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters. Traditionally forming part of a regiment.

  2. Battalion as a noun (US, military):

    an army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters; forming part of a brigade.

  3. Battalion as a noun:

    Any large body of troops.

  4. Battalion as a noun (by extension):

    A great number of things.

  1. Battalion as a verb:

    To form into battalions.

  1. Legion as an adjective:

    Numerous; vast; very great in number

    Examples:

    "Russia’s labor and capital resources are woefully inadequate to overcome the state’s needs and vulnerabilities, which are legion."

    "synonyms: multitudinous numerous"

  1. Legion as a noun (military, Ancient Rome):

    The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.

  2. Legion as a noun (military, obsolete):

    a combined arms major military unit featuring cavalry, infantry, and artillery

  3. Legion as a noun (military):

    A large military or semi-military unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia.

  4. Legion as a noun (often '''Legion''' or '''the Legion'''):

    A national organization or association of former servicemen, such as the .

  5. Legion as a noun:

    A large number of people; a multitude.

  6. Legion as a noun (often plural):

    A great number.

  7. Legion as a noun (dated, taxonomy):

    A group of orders inferior to a class; in scientific classification, a term occasionally used to express an assemblage of objects intermediate between an order and a class.

  1. Legion as a verb (transitive):

    To form into legions.

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